The Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) has asked that I speak at the “Entitlements Planning” seminar on December 17th. I will be teaching other lawyers about Social Security Disability. The purpose of ICLEF is to advance and promote the administration of justice and understanding of the law through the institution, supervision, implementation, coordination and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Rules'
Substantial Gainful Activity Amount For 2010 SSA Disability
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Rules, SSA, Substantial Gainful Activity
At Step One of the Five Step Sequential Analysis , Social Security determines if you are engaged in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA). When you work for someone else and are not self-employed, SSA usually uses a “rule of thumb” to determine if someone is engaged in SGA. According to this “rule of thumb” if you [...]
Tags: Blind Individuals·Disability·Disability Claim·Rule Of Thumb·Rules·Self Employed·Sequential Analysis·Sga·Social Security·SSA·substanail gainful activity·Substantial Gainful Activity·Year 2000
Indiana To Have Additional Hearing Office for Social Security Disability Claim Appeals
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Delay, General, Hearings, SSA
According to David V. Foster, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, in his June 5, 2009 Deputy Commissioner Broadcast to Social Security employees, Indiana will have an additional hearing office to hear appeals of denials of Social Security Disability claims. The new office is to be in Valparaiso, IN and is supposed to be up and [...]
Tags: Appeals·Backlog·Broadcast·David Foster·Denials·Deputy Commissioner·Disability·Disability Claim·Disability Claims·Hearing Office·Hearings·Rules·Security Employees·Social Security·Social Security Disability·SSA·Valparaiso
Star Trek and Social Security Disability In Indianapolis
May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Hearings, Rules, SSA
The new Star Trek movie is out. As I have not seen it yet, I can not tell you what you can learn about Social Security Disability hearings in Indianapolis from the new movie. I did learn a great deal about Social Security Disability hearings from the original TV show. Click here to find out [...]
Tags: Disability·Hearings·Indianapolis·Rules·Social Security Disability·SSA
Social Security Disability and Third Party Verification
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment, Rules
You only get paid benefits if you can prove that it is your medical impairment that prevents you from working. Many times people pursuing their Social Security Disability Benefits forget that Social Security wants to verify everything from a third party that Social Security considers reliable. They do not remember that if it is not [...]
Tags: Medical·Medical Impairment·Medical Treatment·Rules·Social Security·Social Security Disability